Aerial machine.



w. s. WILLIAMS. Y AERIAL MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20. 1913.

l Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

INVEN TOR Attorney.

COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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1 elevation of anairship"constructedj;

ing tothe present-invention; Fig. 2 is in longitudinal section -tliei'eof a View in plan t eater; partly in section,

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'Ihrgnighout the v ews s milarypartsyare 7 Be it known that I, WVILLIsSTErsoiIWIL- "LIAMS, a subject of theKingof Great Britain [and Irela1id,*resi'(lingat 28 Parli avenue,

Alexandra Park, 'Manchester, Lancashire,

England, have invented. certain neWanduse ful Improv-ementsinand Relating toAerial Machines, of which' the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to aerial machines of the rigi'cl'type havingaerostatsganclj pan s ticularly to thatftype in WhiCl1-th6 bOdy-O the machine is-madef of ylindrical shape-in P:

transverse "section and is cliyidecl I internally into cells or i compartmen'ts some of hichare employed for the aefrostats 1 and; others for the machinery and cabinstoij then-kt for a I the. crew and for passengers, and it eensists practically air and ate r-prooff,jandjean withsuitable painto 'jvarnishi a In the accompanying drawing, which s side -iitofsecure by LettersPatentfis-z e n Infan aerial machine a bodyotc ,i Shane in}ci'oss'jsection the skinxofiwhich is constructed of? the commercial "product 'multi jfly Wood "and the interior ofwhich is V l dividedinto a number oflcells or compare j.

section on lines 1l';1

"markeilwith like letters of ieferenceij; 1 The body ofi'the"machine' "is divided-into lth'e tain the l machinery andfthe n chambers. forming-the :oiithe i e-55 e fln fori he Pa sen e placediasl to distribute the'weigh it With a suitable'paint on-varnish; i

namein the presence 0 aslipossible, eachset beinggconnectetl by a suitable passage d, and a 'keehmay bejprovid-ed to keep the machine froln i'olling'.

Suitablecloors such as-ejare provided to give machine may be coni structed in [any suitable manner as this forms no part ofthis invention, neither clo-es the. method of propelling and steering the ma chine ini which the Tusuall construction and. arrangements may be Lfo'lloyved; the details SllOWl'iJiIl the drawing being merely by Way I r I of illustration,

The skin or gmulti-cply Wood whichfissysecured t0 the U i iramework and the joints of which ar'efmade inmaking' the skin. or shellkof the machine* either Wholly'or vpai 'tia llyof sheets of vhat isfknoivn as multi plyvvood which "only lighter than metal but also has;

. 'tai'n degree of flexibility} y'vhich "enables certain'a mount oflflexiQnbtthestruetuTe tO.

shell gitate rats of byany of the Well-knolvvnmethocls employed v ",Speeiiiela ltionof Iiette i's Patent. Aug.1 7; i A ppliea tion filea seiitjember 20,1913; seii'aimneolm;

resistsuccessfully, the strains and stresses to tvhieh the bodies oflthese machines. aresubjject without deformation or fracture, and is y moreover fromthe nature of-itsconstruction made absolutely so either cluring'the course of manufacture: orafte'rwargl byncoatin 30 upractiCally air-and water-proofland can be made absolutely so either during the course:

f 'nianufacture" or subsequently poatlng What I claimasj my invention an'd ments some tof which are adaptedjto .form or,

nesses.

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